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Apple still trails rivals in artificial intelligence race

Tech giant is late in opening up its talking iPhone assistant to third-party developers

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Published Tue, Jun 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    APPLE unveiled a series of improvements to its Siri digital assistant on Thursday, but the tech giant still trails rivals such as Google and Amazon in the red-hot field of artificial intelligence, specialists say.

    Apple's biggest move was to open up the talking iPhone assistant to third-party developers for inclusion in their apps, paving the way for users to hail a ride from Uber or send a message with Tencent's WeChat using voice commands.

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